Device for jacking up automobiles or other vehicles.



H, S. TUTTLE.

DEVICE EUR JAGKING UP AUTOMOBILES 0R OTHER VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED APR.3,1912.

1,956,235, Patented Maz". 18, 1913.

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HOSEA S. TUTTE, OF iMINN-EAVPOLIS, MINNESOT.

DEVICE ros. 'J'AQ'KING or auralauarnnsoa ornmawnnetn Specification' of Letters atent.

Patented lidar. 1&1913

lAppl'leraren meaf'apiia. l1912; serial ne. essere4 To alleowmzt may concern.' A

Be it known that 'ILH'OSEA S.- TUTILE,

a' citizen of the .United States, residing at Minneapolis, in -the county of Hennepin and 5 State' oflMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Jacking Up Automobiles or other Vehicles,

of which Vthe following isa specilication.

My invention relatesto devices for'jacking up automobiles or other vehicles, especiallyr such as employ .pneumatic tires in -which material `damage to the tire fabric may be caused if thelm'achine is left for any extended period of time resting upon the tires. Y

. It isthe object of. my invention to pro-' In the drawings illustratingthe application of my invention in one forme-Figure 1 is a s'ide elevation of my device applied' to an automobile in which-the automobile is shown lifted. FigpQ-is a plan' view of'th device,` F ig. 3'is an end elevation; y

A ln constructing the device two vlongitudinal frame members 1() and llmay be secured together by transverse trame members 12 and 13,*to form a front frame, a rear frame being somewhat lsimilarly formed by means of a pair of longitudinal members 14 and 1'5 secured together by ltransverse members 16 and 17. The front and rearframes may be secured together 'in :adjusted positionl by means of a pair of rods 18 and 19 extending longitudinally through cross members 12,13` 16 andv 17,' and by means of' nuts 20 threaded on to the 'rods 19 the distance apart of the front and'rear trames may be varied to accommodate the same to-.automobiles .of different lengths. Thefront and rear frames are formed'suiciently narrow lso that an automobile may run over the same with the wheels on either'side of said fra-mes'. To bracket stands 21 on the rear cross-bar 16.-and 22 lon the rearwardly extended portions of longitudinal members 10and 11 are pivoted pairs of link arms 23 and 24, respectively. Each ot these arms extendsbetween a pair` of short links 25 and 26 .to

which it is pivot-ally coniiedtedbyineiinsio pair of links 28 and `29 preferably disposed 5g -outside of links 25 and 26' and pijvotally secured thereto by-rneans of bolt' 30, link-s 28 `and 29 being pivotally connected-by bolt 31 to stand-s 32 on longitudinal members 1U and 11. Extending between .the sets of 55 toggle joints thus -formed on the-:trout and rear frames'andv pivotally connected at its ends to'bolts 30. Ybetween link 25 and 28 on one `side and 26 and 29 on the other are connecting links 33 so that Imovf'ei'nent given to one of said to-ggles will be communicatedto the other. To eect this movement, journaled in bearings in stands 34. and 35 secured on cross-bar 13 is 'a shaft 36 having thereon a long lever 37 and a pair 'of short-arms 38- 75v and 3 9, said short'arms being pivotally connected by links 40 and 41 with the bolts 30 of the toggle joint, said links 40 and Lllasv 1 clearly shown in Fig. 3 being positioned b etween link 33 and toggle link 25 on lthe bolts B 30.v As shown in vdotted lines'in Fig. `1 and also as shown in Fig. 2 the ends ot the members-24 and the links 25'andA 26 all extend beyond the pivot bolt 27 so that a V-shaped crotch is formed between the extended ends g5 of each of these sets of bars adapted to rez ceive the axles of an automobile as indicated in Figl. v

`ln operation when the lever 37 is thrown over to the right, the bars `forming the acking arrangement including bars 23 and '24 andthe toggle links connected therewith will .be lowered out of the way of the automobile 'as it is driven into position in the garage. By pushing back on the lever 37 a5 to bring it to the position shown in Fig. 1,

gthel rock shaft 36 is rotated and the short arms 38 and 39 thereon through links el() and 41 torce the toggle joint inwardly, thereby rocking bars 23 and 2e simultaneously on their pivots and elevating said bars beneath' the axles of the automobile, which is thereby lifted clear of the ground as shown inA Fig.

1, theexte'nded ends of links 25 and 26 holding the axles to the bars 24. When the lever 37 has been 'thrown into its extreme raised position, the' arms4 38 and 39 will come into contact with stops l2 just after' the toggles .have been broken in'the opposite direction 

